1“As for you, take up a lament for…
2and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness…
3She brought up one of her cubs, and…
4When the nations heard of him, he was…
5When she saw that she had waited in…
6He prowled among the lions, and became a…
7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their…
8Then the nations set out against him from…
9With hooks they caged him and brought him…
10Your mother was like a vine in your…
11It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s…
12But it was uprooted in fury, cast down…
13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in…
14Fire has gone out from its main branch…
